Abstract
Background and Objective: White clover generally possesses shallow root systems and is strongly dependent on mycorrhizas. This study was aimed to evaluate mycorrhizal roles in plant growth, roots and chlorophyll levels in white clover (Trifolium repens). Methodology: Three arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) species, namely, Rhizoglomus intraradices, Diversispora versiformis and Paraglomus occultum were inoculated into potted white clover. Results: After 85 days of mycorrhizal inoculation, root mycorrhizal colonization of white clover ranged from 84.6-90.5%. Inoculation with AMF significantly increased leaf numbers, leaf area, petiole length and shoot and root biomass than non-AMF inoculation. Inoculated plants with D. versiformis and P. occultum recorded significantly higher chlorophyll a, b and a+b concentrations than non-inoculated controls. Mycorrhizal white clover plants had significantly higher nodule numbers, root total length, projected area, volume and number of 1st, 2nd and 3rd order lateral roots, as compared with non-mycorrhizal plants, regardless of AMF species used. Conclusion: It can be concluded that AMF has a positive contribution to promoting plant growth, root development and chlorophyll production in white clover. Dive versiformis represented relatively better effect than the other AM fungi in white clover.
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Claim · model-written summary
Mycorrhizal colonization after 85 days ranged from 84.6-90.5%.
- Taxon
- white clover
Trifolium repense0 - Organ / stage
- roote0
- Outcome
- mycorrhizal colonizatione0
- Value
- 84.6-90.5%e0
- Qualifier
- After 85 dayse0
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Verbatim
e0“After 85 days of mycorrhizal inoculation, root mycorrhizal colonization of white clover ranged from 84.6-90.5%”
t0“White Clover”
Claim · model-written summary
AMF inoculation increased white clover leaf number, leaf area and petiole length relative to non-AMF inoculation.
- Taxon
- white cloverTrifolium repenst0
- Treatment
- Inoculation with AMFe0
- Interactor
- AMFe0symbiont
- Outcome
- leaf numbers, leaf area, petiole lengthe0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Comparator
- non-AMF inoculatione0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Inoculation with AMF significantly increased leaf numbers, leaf area, petiole length and shoot and root biomass than non-AMF inoculation”
t0“White Clover”
Claim · model-written summary
AMF inoculation increased shoot and root biomass relative to non-AMF inoculation.
- Taxon
- white cloverTrifolium repenst0
- Treatment
- Inoculation with AMFe0
- Interactor
- AMFe0symbiont
- Outcome
- shoot and root biomasse0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Comparator
- non-AMF inoculatione0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Inoculation with AMF significantly increased leaf numbers, leaf area, petiole length and shoot and root biomass than non-AMF inoculation”
t0“White Clover”
Claim · model-written summary
D. versiformis inoculation increased chlorophyll a, b and a+b concentrations versus non-inoculated controls.
- Taxon
- white cloverTrifolium repenst0
- Treatment
- D. versiformise0
- Interactor
- D. versiformisDiversispora versiformise0symbiont
- Outcome
- chlorophyll a, b and a+b concentrationse0
- Direction
- highere0
- Comparator
- non-inoculated controlse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Inoculated plants with D. versiformis and P. occultum recorded significantly higher chlorophyll a, b and a+b concentrations than non-inoculated controls”
t0“White Clover”
Claim · model-written summary
P. occultum inoculation increased chlorophyll a, b and a+b concentrations versus non-inoculated controls.
- Taxon
- white cloverTrifolium repenst0
- Treatment
- P. occultume0
- Interactor
- P. occultumParaglomus occultume0symbiont
- Outcome
- chlorophyll a, b and a+b concentrationse0
- Direction
- highere0
- Comparator
- non-inoculated controlse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Inoculated plants with D. versiformis and P. occultum recorded significantly higher chlorophyll a, b and a+b concentrations than non-inoculated controls”
t0“White Clover”
Claim · model-written summary
Mycorrhizal white clover had more nodules than non-mycorrhizal plants.
- Taxon
- white cloverTrifolium repense0
- Treatment
- Mycorrhizale0
- Outcome
- nodule numberse0
- Direction
- highere0
- Comparator
- non-mycorrhizal plantse0
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Verbatim
e0“Mycorrhizal white clover plants had significantly higher nodule numbers, root total length, projected area, volume and number of 1st, 2nd and 3rd order lateral roots, as compared with non-mycorrhizal plants, regardless of AMF species used”
t0“White Clover”
Claim · model-written summary
Mycorrhizal white clover had greater root length, area and volume than non-mycorrhizal plants.
- Taxon
- white cloverTrifolium repense0
- Treatment
- Mycorrhizale0
- Outcome
- root total length, projected area, volumee0
- Direction
- highere0
- Comparator
- non-mycorrhizal plantse0
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Verbatim
e0“Mycorrhizal white clover plants had significantly higher nodule numbers, root total length, projected area, volume and number of 1st, 2nd and 3rd order lateral roots, as compared with non-mycorrhizal plants, regardless of AMF species used”
t0“White Clover”
Claim · model-written summary
Mycorrhizal white clover had more first-, second- and third-order lateral roots than non-mycorrhizal plants.
- Taxon
- white cloverTrifolium repense0
- Treatment
- Mycorrhizale0
- Outcome
- number of 1st, 2nd and 3rd order lateral rootse0
- Direction
- highere0
- Comparator
- non-mycorrhizal plantse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Mycorrhizal white clover plants had significantly higher nodule numbers, root total length, projected area, volume and number of 1st, 2nd and 3rd order lateral roots, as compared with non-mycorrhizal plants, regardless of AMF species used”
t0“White Clover”
Claim · model-written summary
D. versiformis had a relatively better effect than the other AM fungi in white clover.
- Taxon
- white cloverTrifolium repense0
- Outcome
- relatively better effecte0
- Direction
- bettere0
- Comparator
- the other AM fungie0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Dive versiformis represented relatively better effect than the other AM fungi in white clover”
t0“White Clover”
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